Plan your prosperity : the only retirement guide you'll ever need, starting now, whether you're 22, 52 or 82 /
You're in retirement, just getting ready to retire, or 5, 10, or 40 years out, this book can help you invest smarter your whole life and yes, plan better for retirement./ Harmful mythology abounds about iretirement investing/i. Many retirees or soon-to-be retirees have heard a plethora of advic...
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Hoboken, N.J. :
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Table of Contents:
- Plan Your Prosperity: The Only Retirement Guide You''ll Ever Need, Starting Now-Whether You''re 22, 52 or 82; Copyright; Contents; Acknowledgments; Chapter 1: What? Me? Retire?; The Imagined Dichotomy; Two Goals ... and Some Non-Goals; Benchmark for Better Results; The Non-Goals; Definitions and a Pencil; Start Immediately. Now. Right Away.; Plan Your Prosperity; Chapter 2: My Goals Are ... What?; Why Is This So Hard?; Your Investing Goals, Simply; Growth; Cash Flow; Some Combination Thereof; Capital Preservation; Potential Pitfall: Capital Preservation and Growth; Inflation''s Insidious Impact
- What Is Inflation?Three Percent, Compounded; Chapter 3: The Secret Code-Asset Allocation or Benchmark?; Benchmark-A Road Map and Measuring Stick; Road Map for a Long Journey; Measuring Stick; Picking a Benchmark; The Big Decision-Asset Allocation; Stock Selection Doesn''t Matter?; The Impact of One on the Whole; Potential Pitfall: Age Doesn''t Equal Asset Allocation; Benchmark Versus Asset Allocation- What''s the Difference?; Being Flexible; Passive or Active?; Chapter 4: Time Horizon-Longer Than You Think; Potential Pitfall: Ignoring Opportunity Cost; Time Horizon-What Is It?
- Life Expectancy-Keeps Getting LongerShorter ... and Longer; Time Horizon and Benchmark; Chapter 5: What''s in a Return?; Growth Defined; Expecting Volatility; The Past as a Guide?; Stocks Beat Bonds-Usually; Forecasting for Future Supply?; Gordon Moore and Endless Innovation; Potential Pitfall: Unrealistic Expectations; Chapter 6: Getting That Cash Flow; Potential Pitfall-The All High-Dividend Portfolio; Homegrown Dividends; How Much Do You Need?; The 10% Myth; Monte Carlo-Not Just a Casino; Let''s Get Bootstrapping; Chapter 7: Can I Get There?; How Much Do You Have?
- Make Your Own Balance SheetA Savings Plan; Chapter 8: Putting It All Together; To Benchmark or Not to Benchmark; State Your Goals; Know Where You Are; Picking an Appropriate Benchmark; Finding Professional Help; Avoid Being a Fraud Victim; And You''re Off!; Appendix A: All Hail the Mighty Dow; What''s So Wrong With the Dow?; Price-Weighted Insanity; Stock Splits and Splitting Headaches; Appendix B: Cash Flow Versus Expenses; Appendix C: Expense Categories; Appendix D: Personal Balance Sheet; Notes; Chapter 2: My Goals Are ... What?; Chapter 3: The Secret Code-Asset Allocation or Benchmark?
- Chapter 4: Time Horizon-Longer Than You ThinkChapter 5: What''s in a Return?; Chapter 6: Getting That Cash Flow; Appendix A: All Hail the Mighty Dow; About the Authors; Index
